Crescent City Connection Bridge No. 1

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Crescent City Connection Bridge No. 1 is one of the twin cantilever bridges spanning the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, carrying U.S. Highway 90 Business between the east and west banks.

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Surface form Occurrences
Crescent City Connection Bridge No. 2 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cantilever bridge
road bridge
steel bridge
approachFromEast New Orleans Central Business District vicinity NERFINISHED
approachFromWest Algiers area of New Orleans NERFINISHED
belongsToRoute U.S. Route 90 Business NERFINISHED
carries U.S. Highway 90 Business NERFINISHED
vehicular traffic
cityServed New Orleans metropolitan area NERFINISHED
connects east bank of New Orleans
west bank of New Orleans
constructionStarted 1954
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Mississippi River NERFINISHED
formerlyKnownAs Greater New Orleans Bridge NERFINISHED
hasDesign cantilever truss
hasLanes multiple traffic lanes in each direction
hasNumberOfSpans multiple
hasTollStatus currently toll-free
formerly tolled
isPartOf twin bridge complex
locatedIn Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED
Orleans Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
maintainedBy Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development NERFINISHED
opened 1958
openedToTraffic April 1958
owner State of Louisiana NERFINISHED
parallelStructure Crescent City Connection Bridge No. 2 NERFINISHED
partOf Crescent City Connection NERFINISHED
partOfNetwork U.S. Highway System NERFINISHED
region Greater New Orleans NERFINISHED
roadType controlled-access highway
significance major Mississippi River crossing in New Orleans
spans Mississippi River at New Orleans NERFINISHED
state Louisiana
structureType cantilever truss bridge
usedFor commuter traffic
freight traffic

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Crescent City Connection hasPart Crescent City Connection Bridge No. 1
Crescent City Connection hasPart Crescent City Connection Bridge No. 1
this entity surface form: Crescent City Connection Bridge No. 2